Front matter

“Half way down the steps was a double file of Indians chained two and two.”

THE ROAD TO FRONTENAC

BY

SAMUEL MERWIN

NEW YORK

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.

1901

Copyright, 1901, by Frank Leslie Publishing House. Copyright, 1901, by Doubleday, Page & Company.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Captain Menard Has a Lazy Day. 1

II. The Maid. 19

III. Mademoiselle Eats Her Breakfast. 38

IV. The Long Arrow. 61

V. Danton Breaks Out. 83

VI. The Fight at La Gallette. 103

VII. A Compliment for Menard. 127

VIII. The Maid Makes New Friends. 147

IX. The Word of an Onondaga. 169

X. A Night Council. 191

XI. The Big Throat Speaks. 212

XII. The Long House. 235

XIII. The Voice of the Great Mountain. 254

XIV. Where the Dead Sit. 272

XV. The Bad Doctor. 293

XVI. At the Long Lake. 314

XVII. Northward. 337

XVIII. The Only Way. 359

XIX. Frontenac. 383

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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“Half way down the steps was a double file of Indians chained two and two.” Frontispiece

“Sitting on a bundle was, a girl, perhaps eighteen or nineteen years old.” 36

“The Indians walked silently to the fire.” 64

“Menard stood ... smiling with the same look of scorn he had worn ... when they led him to the torture.” 256

The Road to Frontenac.